BEAWORTHY HALWILL JUNCTION SX 49 NW 1/44 - Winsford Hospital 15.4.78 GV II*
Small hospital. 1899-1900 by C.F.A. Voysey. Rendered walls with stone window
dressings. Slate roof, hipped to left end, gabled to right and with 3 gables and
the front and 2 at the rear. 7 rendered stacks, all axial apart from a front
lateral stack towards the left end. The plan is very unaltered from the original
with an entrance hall to the right of centre which gives access to a corridor
running along the rear of the building onto which a number of small front rooms
open. 2 small wings project at the rear towards either end between which a C20
sun-lounge has been built. Single storey. Asymmetrical 16 window front of 1, 2
and 3 light mullions. There is a large gable to its right; a smaller gable is to
the right of centre over the entrance with another large gable immediately
adjoining to its right. The 2 larger gables are extended to the rear into small
wings. The front door is part glazed with a 2-light window also under the gable
immediately to its left. In this gable is a plaque with an inscription
commerating the founding of the hospital by Maria Medley and bearing the date
1900. Very unaltered interior with original fittings such as plank doors with
their wrought iron strap hinges; decorative ventilation grills, and
chimney-pieces of which the one in the hall is carved with coats of arms
including those of its benefactress and another has inverted heart design. This
building is a rare example in Devon of a Voysey building which still serves its
original purpose and is very unaltered.